---
name: "isogmt"
section: "1gmt"
platform: "linux"
package: "gmt-common"
version: "5.4.5+dfsg-2"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/isogmt/1gmt"
---

# isogmt(1gmt)

Run GMT command or script in isolation mode

## NAME

isogmt - Run GMT command or script in isolation mode

## SYNOPSIS

**isogmt** *command*

## DESCRIPTION

**isogmt** runs a single GMT command or shell script in **isolation** **mode**. This means that the files *gmt.history* and *gmt.conf* will be read from the usual locations (current directory, *~/.gmt*, or home directory), but changes will only be written in a temporary directory, which will be removed after execution. The name of the temporary directory will be available to the command or script as the environment variable GMT\_TMPDIR.

## EXAMPLES

Run the shell script *script.gmt* in isolation mode

isogmt sh script.gmt

## SEE ALSO

gmt, gmt.conf

## COPYRIGHT

2019, P. Wessel, W. H. F. Smith, R. Scharroo, J. Luis, and F. Wobbe